how OLD school are you???

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

When they actually built good electronic equipment //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Ive got a 5600X from Autotek. Im not that old school

 

[SuperJETT 10+ year member]

Auto-reverse tape decks, then full logic tape decks (meaning electronic buttons instead of mechanical for all you younguns), 2-shaft tape decks that you actually had to get on your back in the floorboard and contort to feed up/behind/around into the dash. Ah, I remember my first Alpine so well.

Linear Power amps, where are they now?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

The demise of the shaft-deck style is something I don't regret...

My old Alpine 7893 resided for a while in a '74 Merc turbodiesel "battlewagon"...in which I had to forcibly remove the original pre-disco-era Becker tape deck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I don't think my friend fully realized how much I hated working on his car, even though I felt really safe riding in it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[SuperJETT 10+ year member]

The demise of the shaft-deck style is something I don't regret...

Yep, I went from a '75 Buick (high school car) to a '89 Mazda B2200 way back when and installing a DIN unit took 15 minutes. Blew me away!

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Who doesnt like a nice 24V charging system these days ?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Steyr Pinzgauer FTW //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[takeabao 10+ year member]

Hmm let's see what other old school stuff I own... Here's my Alpine 6000 series 3-way component set:

As far as I know, I am the only person in all of North America to have a COMPLETE and in MINT condition 3-way 6062GD, 6042GD, 6022GX set.

I also have a set of Dynaudio-made Alpine 6022 tweeters currently residing in my car... Shall take pictures of those some other time.

More pics can be seen here: http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=121377&highlight=Alpine+6000

 

[TypeR0149 10+ year member]

not my setup but when I was 16 this would of been the best setup EVER

back in 1996

look at me now, KISS MY *** 16 year old me

 

[takeabao 10+ year member]

not my setup but when I was 16 this would of been the best setup EVER

back in 1996

look at me now, KISS MY *** 16 year old me

PPI Art + PPI Pro sub = //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[SuperJETT 10+ year member]

Does anyone else remember the guy with the Grand National back in the early 90's that was winning stuff left/right that was designing his own time delay circuitry and stuff, I think his name might have been Richard Clarke or something? I think he only had like 6 speakers in the car but was winning anything he entered based on sound quality.

 

[SuperJETT 10+ year member]

nvm, found it. Speakerworks Buick. http://www.termpro.com/showcars/terminator/ca1096.html

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Some of the first old school amps I used were Linear, and US Amps. Subs Rockford Fosgate and JL.

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Im going to find out where takeabao lives and steal all his sweet stuff.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

My first 'system' was a Pioneer tape deck and Clarion 5-1/4's back in.... 1987. Im not even gonna try to make one of those 'it was nice for its day' comments.

I started collecting better stuff in the early 90's. I have ... I dunno... 7 or 8 of the old RF bbq style amps, and enough punch links to connect them into approx 8feet of amplifier. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I also have a pair of PPI Pro subs, couple original Reference series SoundStream amps including a Picasso, RF Audiophile series 4-way component speakers... hmmm oh yeah a pair of bnib IDQ 8's too.

I remember back in like 90 or 91 when I attended Installer Institute. they were so sure a company called "Volcano" would be the next big thing in subwoofers that they lined the walls with them. Ive never seen another Volcano sub since I don't think. lol They had stacks of Volcanos and MB Quart stuff (back before MB was a household name), and they loved a new mounting method called isobaric (they called it TWF... two woofers f*cking). *shrug* Usually when people talk about 'oldschool' stuff, I think "****, that's considered old now?"